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About 200 Hong Kong protesters have clashed with pro-government supporter in Yuen Long, close to the border with China, demonstrating against mainland parallel traders. The protesters claimed the parallel traders caused a nuisance in the neighbourhood, and have pushed up the prices of daily necessities.

More than 260 people have been killed in a series of avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall around Afghanistan this week, according to officials.
The bulk of the deaths have come in Panjshir province, north of Kabul.

Asian communities around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, on 19 February, ushering in the Year of the Goat, according to the traditional twelve year zodiac cycle.